A biocompatible reverse thermoresponsive polymer for ocular drug delivery [PDF]
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss, the treatment of which may require monthly intravitreal injections. This is a burden on patients and health services, and new delivery modalities that reduce injection frequency ...
Asitha Balachandra +7 more
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Thermoresponsive Star Dendronized Polymers as Smart Nanoboxes [PDF]
Star polymers with dense shell structures exhibit unique advantages in molecule encapsulation. The incorporation of dendronized polymers as arms into star polymers enables the formation of spherical core–shell structures with high-density chain stacking,
Ze Qiao, Yi Yao, Afang Zhang, Wen Li
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During the last few decades, thermoresponsive materials for modulating cell adhesion have been investigated for the application of tissue engineering.
Kenichi Nagase +4 more
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Effect of pore diameter on the elution behavior of analytes from thermoresponsive polymer grafted beads packed columns [PDF]
Temperature-responsive chromatography using thermoresponsive polymers is innovative and can control analyte retention via column temperature. Analyte elution behavior in this type of chromatography depends on the modified thermoresponsive polymer and the
Kenichi Nagase +2 more
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On the Interaction of Adherent Cells with Thermoresponsive Polymer Coatings [PDF]
Thermoresponsive polymer coatings allow the control of adhesion of cells on synthetic substrates. In particular, decreasing the temperature below the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the polymer triggers the non-invasive detachment of cells from their cultivation substrate.
Hans Boerner +2 more
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Thermoresponsive and Fluorescent Polymers: From Nanothermometers to Smart Drug Delivery Systems for Theranostics Against Cancer [PDF]
This mini-review article is focused on polymeric materials that comprise thermoresponsive and fluorescent organic units. The combination of fluorescent clusters/dots embedded in or grafted with polymers is not considered in this article.
Mirian A. González-Ayón +3 more
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Programed Thermoresponsive Polymers with Cleavage-Induced Phase Transition
A new programed upper critical solution temperature-type thermoresponsive polymer was developed using water-soluble anionic polymer conjugates derived from polyallylamine and phthalic acid with cleavage-induced phase transition property. Intrinsic charge
Yukiya Kitayama +4 more
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Constrained thermoresponsive polymers – new insights into fundamentals and applications
In the last decades, numerous stimuli-responsive polymers have been developed and investigated regarding their switching properties. In particular, thermoresponsive polymers, which form a miscibility gap with the ambient solvent with a lower or upper ...
Patricia Flemming +3 more
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Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Properties of Metal Phthalocyanine Modified Thermoresponsive Polymers [PDF]
In this study, 3-hydroxyethoxyphenyl-9(10), 16(17), 23 (24)-decyloxy-zinc phthalocyanine (HDPcZn) was first prepared by liquid phase catalysis, and then it was esterified with Poly-(N-isopropylacrylamide) which have two carboxyl groups (TRIT-PNIPAM) at ...
Wu Shan, Duan Yuhan, Duan Qian
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Nanotechnology has attracted increasing interest in various research fields for fabricating functional nanomaterials. In this study, we investigated the effect of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) addition on the formation and thermoresponsive properties of poly(
Yukiya Kitayama +2 more
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